"استطلاعات في بلاد الرافدين وكردستان وشمال غرب بلاد فارس ولرستان في الفترة من أبريل إلى أكتوبر ١٨٨٨، كتبها المقدم ف. ر. مونسيل، فرع الاستخبارات. يوجد مجلدان. المجلد الأول: تقرير سردي ووصف للمدن الكبرى والطرق المؤدية منها. شيملا: فرع الاستخبارات، إدارة قائد الإمداد والتموين، ١٨٩٠" [و‎‎٨‎٠] (٣١٢/١٦٤)

Route No IX.—Amadiyeh to Mosul via Daoudiyeh and
Dohuk.
3rd to 7th June.
SliGBS.
Hours
inarching.
Distaitcb,
IV MILES.
Bate in
miles per hour.
Intermediate.
Total.
Daoudiyeh ..
...
• ••
7-50
22
22
2-93
Bada
• ••
...
7-iJ5
22
44
3-03
Zahoa
,
...
5-75
18
62
313
Tel Ouskof .
•
...
8-50
24-5
86-5
2*88
Mosul
•
...
550
18
104-5
327
3 rd June.—General direction, W. Leaving Kwaneh (2,775') at 4-45
A M., we followed a track rounding the southern end of the Amadiyeh plateau.
We crossed several ravines, containing gravelly soil, interspersed with ledges of
sandstone nearly horizontal; which cut deep in the clay soil, and run south
towards the head-waters of the Ghara. The country is rough, but a passable
road for guns could be found.
At 3^ miles cross the Rudbar Amadiyeh, a large stream which flows from
Amadiyeh gardens (2,635') round the west side of the plateau southward
towards the Ghara.
Several mills were seen. The banks were lined with walnut, poplar, sycamore
and ash, and the slopes cultivated in terraces of rice and wheat. Several small
clusters of houses were scattered along the stream bank—some Kurdish and
some Christian.
A small two-arched masonry bridge crosses the stream. The road ascends
immediately, crossing some gravelly spurs, mostly bare and uncultivated, from
the range to the north. This range is a continuation of the bare rocky ridge
above Amadiyeh. It is called here the Ser-i-Amadiyeh (Ainsworth calls it
the Matineh Dagh). It continues west-north-west for some 20 miles. On
the north side of it lies the Berwari district.
Bebat .—At 5 miles pass Bebat, one of several small villages situated close
to the foot of the range, where a spring gives the necessary water for cultiva
tion.
A group of orchards with poplars and sycamores surrounds the village,
and the hillside is cultivated with wheat and rice in terraces.
Our road leads nearly due west, crossing several small streams running
south.
Snpna Valley .—To the south the valley is now from 6 to 8 miles wide,
and is known as the Supna Valley. It is much cut up by deep ravines.
The Ghara Dagh to the south is a series of low wooded ridges with long
spurs.
At 7^ miles skirt round the south end of a plateau similar in shape to
Amadiyeh but smaller and lower. A long flat-topped spur extends across
the valley from it.
Biriazan .—Half a mile to the north-east is Biriazan (3,100'), a small
Kurdish village similar to Bebat. Our road by keeping close to the Ser-i-
Amadiyeh avoids the deeper ravines to the left.
Pass Kadesik, a Kurdish village to the south, and Anishik (3,210'), a large
Christian village on the hillside to the north.